The Eucharist is the term used in the Catholic Church for the sacrament in which, according to Catholic doctrine, the body and blood of Christ are made present under the appearances of consecrated bre
Eucharist displayed for adoration
The reverence Moses showed before the burning bush on Mt. Sinai is equated with the adoration of the Shepherds and the priest celebrating the sacrifice of the Mass.
The Speculum Humanae Salvationis contains illustrations of related scenes from the Old and New Testaments.
Jesus Christ with the Holy Eucharist
Transubstantiation
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Transubstantiation is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into th
The Eucharist, which the Catholic Church teaches to be the real presence of Christ, exposed for adoration at Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada
A 3rd-century fresco in the Catacomb of Callixtus, which Joseph Wilpert interprets as depicting Christ's multiplication of the loaves and fishes (a symbol of Eucharistic consecration) and the deceased attaining eternal happiness through participation in the Eucharist.
The Last Supper (upper image) and preparatory washing of feet (lower image) in a 1220 manuscript in the Baden State Library, Karlsruhe, Germany
Title page of Martin Luther's De Captivitate Babylonica Ecclesiae